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A few like-minded people in our co-op have started a Sustainabilty Committee much to the chagrin of several members who believe we shouldn't have committee status. We are trying to educate our co-op population and influence policies as far as purchasing, renos etc. Does anyone have something like this in their housing co-op? Any suggestions on how to educate those dinosaurs who think that changing to compact flourescents is a HUGE step in saving the environment? We are in discussions with The Natural Step who are working with the Coop Housing Federation of Canada but it seems like almost everyone is starting from the bottom on these types of changes.
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Re: "Greening" your co-op
Wed, March 14, 2007 - 11:43 AMyou know....flourescents have mercury in them, and when not properly recycled actually cause envirnomental damage
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Re: "Greening" your co-op
Sun, March 25, 2007 - 10:08 PMNRDC publishes green life info, as does Grist and others that are pretty easy to find in Google ("green”, etceteras); you probably know that. I'm thinking emailing copies of some of these write-ups around the coop and saying, " wow, look at this; does anyone have an idea how we can do this here?" Let them come up with the ideas; you can help implement them.
Sustaining their ideas and their creativity and their energy to make the coop a more earth friendly place may put smiles rather than sad faces on the staff of the coop and the committee members.
Love and luck!
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Re: "Greening" your co-op
Mon, March 26, 2007 - 3:03 PMThat's worth a try. A couple of us are going to a workshop this weekend put on by the Co-op Housing Assoc. of BC on Greening Your Co-op. I'm hoping to get some new, innovative and inspiring ideas.
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